The Limited Value of Dementia-Specific Advance Directives

Many people are worried about developing dementia, fearing the losses and burdens that accompany the condition. Dementia-specific advance directives are intended to address dementia's progressive effects, allowing individuals to express their treatment preferences for different stages of the co...

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主要作者: Dresser, Rebecca (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: 2021
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 2021, 卷: 51, 發布: 2, Pages: 4-5
Further subjects:B dementia ethics
B end-of-life decision-making
B Advance Directives
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總結:Many people are worried about developing dementia, fearing the losses and burdens that accompany the condition. Dementia-specific advance directives are intended to address dementia's progressive effects, allowing individuals to express their treatment preferences for different stages of the condition. But enthusiasm for dementia-specific advance directives should be tempered by recognition of the legal, ethical, and practical issues they raise. Dementia-specific advance directives are a simplistic response to a complicated situation. Although they enable people to register their future care preferences, in many cases, those preferences will not, and should not, determine their later care.
ISSN:1552-146X
Contains:Enthalten in: Hastings Center, The Hastings Center report
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1002/hast.1239